By Jon Roe
The University of Calgary Dinos football team utterly destroyed the Simon Fraser Clan 54-3 Sat., Oct. 20. The Dinos outgained the Clan 544 yards to 260 as two Dinos put up over a hundred yards rushing. Rookie Matt Walter lead the way with 127 yards and two TDs and Anthony Woodson put up 106 yards… Continue reading Dinos obliterate Clan
By Jon Roe
Win and you’re in. Seven games and two months come down to one night. All the University of Calgary football team needs to do to get into the playoffs for the first time since 2004 is win their final game of the regular season against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Fri., Oct. 26. This… Continue reading Dinosaur versus Thunderbird: the ultimate battle
There’s an increasing complexity and dynamism in our modern life and it’s never been so reflected as in music. At one point, music was created on tape, which was then replaced with digital recording methods and soon after that, personal computers could be used to make music. The Russian futurists, a group of artists and… Continue reading From Russia with love
Sometimes it’s hard not to be loved. Alberta Theatre Projects’ latest production combines a soundtrack from a forgotten Canadian pop singer and the trial of a celebrity-obsessed, middle-aged man to form Still Desire You, a quasi-musical that blurs the lines between love and obsession. It is based on the 1980s play I Love You, Anne… Continue reading ATP’s latest a musical romp
By Amanda Hu
“Everyone in the band has a lot of different interests and influences and backgrounds and then when we put that all together, it’s kind of like a stew,” says multi-instrumentalist Michael Doerksen of his band Sunset Rubdown. “Like, [putting] a blues riff against a prog riff, you’re just creating a stew of genres that hopefully… Continue reading The sun be rising and setting
By Ryan Pike
The world was a wacky place back in 1961. Emboldened–and perhaps terrified–by the Soviet Union managing to get cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space, United States president John F. Kennedy laid out a challenge to the scientists and test pilots of the fledgling NASA organization: put a man on the moon by the end of the… Continue reading Yes, we landed on the moon!
Wes Anderson films come with certain expectations from fans and detractors alike. Anderson has established a reputation as the most eccentric and quirky filmmaker out there, so much so that “quirky” has become redundant in describing his films. Whether you find his films delightful or overly precious is up to personal taste, but it cannot… Continue reading Three brothers on a train in India
By David Crosby
Henry Rollins is the multimedia wunderkind of our times. He has served as frontman of Black Flag and the Henry Rollins Band, television host (The Henry Rollins Show), radio host (The Henry Rollins Show), movie actor (Jack Frost, Bad Boys II), and acclaimed author (Get In The Van). The man’s work ethic is brutal and… Continue reading Rockin’ around the world with Henry Rollins
By Ryan Pike
Youngsters often dream of having seemingly unattainable careers, such as being an astronaut or a dinosaur. Some of these dreams persist as the dreamers mature, to the point where newfound knowledge and maturity force one to either abandon the goal or to come up with a really great plan for reaching it. In his new… Continue reading Breaking down the walls of Jericho
By Robb Myroon
Food is an essential part of survival, day in and day out. However, the key thing about it is how it only serves its purpose properly when used in moderation. Too little creates starvation, yet too much is just as much of a concern. While the small end of the scale used to get the… Continue reading Canadians need to cut down on the poutine